Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has told Luka Modric he will not be sold
to Real Madrid unless the Spanish giants meet the club’s £35 million asking
price for the Croatian midfielder.

Modric has made no secret of his desire to leave White Hart Lane after Tottenham missed out on the Champions League and Madrid are leading the chase.

But Villas-Boas is adamant that the 26 year-old will not be sold on the cheap and says that two other clubs — thought to be Manchester United and Paris Saint Germain — are also in the hunt.

And the former Chelsea boss says he has spoken to Modric and claims that he understands chairman Daniel Levy’s stance.

“There has been continuous interest from three different clubs in Luka,” said Villas-Boas. “But it is important for Tottenham to hold onto their rights. His situation will continue as it is until the price is right.

“It’s important to understand his feelings. We have been speaking and I understand his point and he understands the club’s point.

"Luka is an intelligent person and understands the club has to defend his value their values, rights and interests.

"It’s a difficult situation for the club but we have been co-operative by openly saying we are willing to listen to offers.

“But the offer has not been met to what the chairman wants. If that is met there won’t be any problems.”

And Villas-Boas also denied he is interested in signing Porto striker Hulk despite having been photographed with the Brazilian in a London hotel on Tuesday night.

He added: “Hulk is a very special player for me as we achieved a very good year at Porto — but we were just talking.”

But Villas-Boas would have been rather more pleased with the action on the pitch at Stevenage as Gylfi Sigurdsson scored within 10 minutes of making his debut and Yago Falque added a late second as Spurs ran out comfortable winners.